Target chit chat

let us know how it goes. I definitely need a new microwave, even if it will sit in storage for a month or so.

None at my store.

OOS? Or they don't carry it? If the former, were you able to get a RC?

Question for you all: I bought a Philips Dual Screen DVD player for my car from WM last week. When we opened the box, it was right before we were about to leave and we immediately realized it had been used (one of the screens was dirty, like something spattered onto it). We didn't have time to go back to WM, so we used it, it worked just fine, however, I really would like a new one b/c who knows how long this one will last. Do you think WM will hassle me if I go to exchange for a new one?

Question for you all: I bought a Philips Dual Screen DVD player for my car from WM last week. When we opened the box, it was right before we were about to leave and we immediately realized it had been used (one of the screens was dirty, like something spattered onto it). We didn't have time to go back to WM, so we used it, it worked just fine, however, I really would like a new one b/c who knows how long this one will last. Do you think WM will hassle me if I go to exchange for a new one?

I dont want to be yelled at by Heidi anymore so I though I would make THIS known.

I like the way you think

gt- i will give you one serving of fruits and veggies for the sauce

...i can't decide if i should go back to target and hunt for more toys

Heidi thanks you. She's a fancy dog. Her dishes are up on stands. Bigger dogs, taller dishes but those elevated dog dishes are ridiculously expensive. I found some 5 qt. stainless steel dishes on clearance at Menards for a couple bucks. I like the stainless cuz we have hard water and I can use a metal scrubby and they shine right up. Anyway... then I bought two of those metal plant stands from Dollar General -- bough18" tall and $4 each. Works great for the two of them. Then we ended up with this dang chihuahua and I had to get her some little bitty stainless steel bowls ($0.99 at Wal-Mart) and put them on the floor.
I do try!
Damn, you're hard to please!
Ummm, you don't have any kids.

Ummm, you don't have any kids.

I have arthritis in my wrists and fingers among other places but I fear it will hinder the knitting thing so I will skip it most likely.

My sister *hates* any of the 7th Gen cleaning products. She has 2 little ones with skin issues (terrible eczema) and so she likes to use as natural as she can get, but she has found the 7th Gen just doesn't clean at all. Almost better to just use hot water.

tm4d, i walked past the Shake Shack near times sq today during lunchtime and there was a line outside of about 20 people. it's most famous for it's burgers...

.... I'm pretty sure if I look closely at the hot fudge label it will say that it has corn syrup in it. Corn is a vegetable too. ....

yeah, but i got a bff/neighbor w/ 9yr old twin girls and 3yr old twin boys. cannot show up to birthday parties empty-handed. and the kids remember what you got them. oh yeah. and bff has hates her sil who gives her really cheap presents and she doesn't like it when other people give her stuff w/o gift receipts. at the same time bff doesn't want me to spend a lot of money so i really have to look really hard and also think carefully so kids don't fight. cannot make everyone happy all the time, so i get them very nice but inexpensive presents but can't do anything about not having a gift receipt. anyway bff would do way better if she regifted.

just this past march caught the older girl twin switching the little miss clip-on doll i used as a gift tag b/c she liked her sister's better and her sister said no when i told her to ask if she would switch. and then i spent a half hr to hr after the party consoling the wailing younger one b/c somebody gave her sister a highly collectible webkinz. at 9 yrs old she wouldn't accept that all the stores were closed and wanted her mom to buy one online w/ her bday money. but i knew her mom didn't want to spend $30 on a stuffed animal so it was really difficult to pacify her. her dad finally promised to take her shopping the next day.

luckily one likes pink and one likes purple and she's also more tomboy so i can usually give them different colored of the same item. except those little miss dolls. the one who likes purple liked the pink one better, sigh!

i buy them bday presents, usually ramadan presents and also xmas presents. can't invite them over for xmas day brunch to enjoy the xmas tree and holiday at somebody else's house and not have presents for them. xmas tree = xmas gifts to little kids.

then my db has a ds. one time for either his bday or xmas which are both in dec he asked if i got him a toy and i'd gotten him clothes. so now i always make sure he gets a toy. and i always do separate bday and xmas b/c my bday is always a few days after thanksgiving so my bday was always a cake after the turkey and people would give me a combined bday/xmas present which i hated.

sil has 2 teenage ds. sil is very traditional. every holiday has to be celebrated on that day and everyone has to have an xmas present. sil used to throw huge bday parties for her ds' and we used to live across the street for 3 yrs. after the parties dh used to drive sil to toyrus to return all the duplicates and triplicates. so long time ago i decided to put their bday presents and xmas presents and money that sil and bil would have gotten into a college fund every yr. but i still have to buy them something to open. this yr i don't know what they are going to get b/c they are now past toys and electronic games are too expensive as a token gift.

i think one of them will end up being my black friday shopping buddy this yr at walmart at midnite. last yr i helped him get a game by looking up the price on sd, and price matching it at target b/c walmart was sold out. he got a $30 game for $10. he is a very savvy kid. last yr he told me at thanksgiving he wanted a docking station for his ipod and i was able to get him one 75% off at target so he gets exactly what he wants. the other one is more difficult so i like to tease him. i keep telling him he can clean my car to earn money to buy stuff so last yr i gave him a car cleaning gift kit. and some stupid hamster or gerbil dvd that was a target deal last yr.

i have a nephew and niece in italy that come once a yr, usually around thanksgiving. i never see them for bdays and xmas so i like to give them some toys and clothes when they come and when sil comes also twice a yr for business. i also help sil shop when she's here b/c clothes are much, much cheaper here than italy but there is so much better quality. don't think it's fair that just b/c i only see them once a yr they don't get the gifts that their cousins get.

also have a god-daughter and her brother. she is also getting too old for me to buy toys and clothing for bday and xmas. i think her db is probably ok w/ legos for a few more yrs. i am so horrible at mailing stuff to them. i am 3 presents behind. another reason i need to change what i do in regards to presents b/c it's not working.

so thats 4 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 11 kids i've been shopping for every yr. i think starting this xmas it will only be 8 and 3 may end up w/ giftcards or money. and then the 2-9 yr old girls i may start taking them out shopping or ice skating, etc. starting next yr.

this doesn't include kids bday parties i get invited to, which luckily has been tapering off a lot recently as all my friends kids have gotten older. but that also means i don't get together w/ my friends as often anymore. however, in the couple yrs i have been seeing them at funerals for their parents. and this past yr for 2 of our friends

oh, hon that does sound like it could be very painful when knitting.
looked up some links for you, in case you ever want to try.

arthritis today article on knitting and needlework with arthritis [arthritistoday.org]

casein needle review from those with arthritis [knittersreview.com]




i shattered my wrist and several metacarpals years ago. that hand has never acted the same, and cramps up with activity etc. I found picking the lighter non-metal needles, and knitting in to one's lap was very helpful for me. plus wool was much stretchier, so easier to do. especially if you pick one of those chunky yarns that are in style now, and knit one of those chunky scarves or blankets with the multicolored yarn - it's a looser weave, so less taxing on the hands.

i'm blaming bunnies for you thinking that corn syrup counts as a vegetable.